Payer database and geospatial analysis to evaluate practice patterns in treating allergy in North Carolina

• Published in: American journal of otolaryngology Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 20 - 24
• Main Authors: Crowson, Matthew G., Schulz, Kristine, Ulvila, Alex, Witsell, David L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Airway management; Allergens; Allergies; Allergy; Asthma; Codes; Cohort Studies; Databases, Factual; Diagnostic systems; Endoscopy; Female; Geographic information systems; Health care access; Health care delivery; Health services; Humans; Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Hypersensitivity - therapy; Immunology; Immunotherapy; Immunotherapy - methods; Insurance Claim Review; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - economics; Internal medicine; Male; Medicine; North Carolina; Nose; Otolaryngology; Otolaryngology - standards; Otolaryngology - trends; Outdoor air quality; Patients; Physicians; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - economics; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - trends; Primary care; Public health; Quality of life; Retrospective Studies; Rhinitis, Allergic - diagnosis; Rhinitis, Allergic - epidemiology; Rhinitis, Allergic - immunology; Rhinitis, Allergic - therapy; Software; Spatial analysis; Standard deviation; Statistical analysis; Trends; Variables; Visualization; Otolaryngology; Allergy; Health services; Health care delivery
• ISSN: 0196-0709; 1532-818X; 1532-818X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.10.004

The objective of this study was to characterize the delivery of allergy care in North Carolina using a large payer charge database and visualization techniques. Geospatial database analysis. North Carolina State claims database. Medical data from the 2013 FAIR Health National Private Insurance Claim...